Improvement in boots



H H A L L.

Boots.

Patented Sept. 7, 1875.

INVENTOB ATTBBNEYS.

WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

HARRY HALL, OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNQR TO HIMSELF AND HENRY H.WILSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,450, datedSeptember 7, 1875 application filed July 17, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY HALL, of Pontiac,Oakland county, Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBoots, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is an inside view of a portion of a boot-leg, showing myinvention; and Fig. 2 is a detail crosssection of the same, takenthrough the line at m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish boots the legs of which shallbeso made that the same cannot wrinkle, and at the same time shall besoft and pliable, and will not hurt the ankles or impede walking.

The invention consists in the combination of the front, the back, thesupporters D, the flat wires or whalebones with each other, in formingthe seams of boot-legs, in substantially the manner hereinafter fullydescribed.

A represents the front, and B the back, of a boot-leg. O are thesupporters, which are pasted upon the inner surface of the front A andback B along their edges, and all sewed to said front and back with awaxed-thread machine down to the top of the counter D before the seam isclosed. The edges of the front and back A B, the edges of the supportersO, and the welt E are then sewed together. The ends of the counter D arethen laid over the lower parts of the seam, and the rows of stitchesthat secured the supporters O to the front and back A B are continued,securing the ends of the counter D to said front. The boots are thenmade in the ordinary way. F are fiat wires made of steel, whalebone, orother suitable materiaLwhich are inserted beneath the supporters 0,between the rows of stitching and the seam, and are secured,when made ofsteel, at their upper and lower ends by rivets G, the said wires beingof such a length as to extend from the top of the bootleg to a littlebelow the top of the counter D, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described myinve11tion,Iclai1n as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of the supporters G, welt E, and flatwires or whalebones F with the front A, back B, and counter D,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

- HARRY HALL.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL E. BEACH, HENRY J. CLIET.

